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For the in-universe film, see Casablanca (film).

Casablanca is a 1942 American film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. It is set in Casablanca, Morocco.

References to Casablanca in The Simpsons[edit]

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
3	58	"Bart's Friend Falls in Love"	The final shot of Bart and Milhouse leaving Samantha's school is similar to the end of the film.
5	100	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"	Commenting on the end of his and Bart's friendship, Principal Skinner says, "We'll always have the laundromat". This is an allusion to Rick in "Casablanca", who says: "We'll always have Paris".
7	141	"Two Bad Neighbors"	When Homer and Gerald Ford decide to eat nacho's together they walk together while Homer says "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship", before both falling down.
7	143	"Bart the Fink"	Krusty's off-shore banker on the Cayman Islands is modelled on actor Sydney Greenstreet's character in "Casablanca".
9	203	"Natural Born Kissers"	Bart and Lisa find an "alternate ending" to "Casablanca". It provides a "happy end" to the story. It turns out the Old Jewish man buried it many years ago and orders Bart and Lisa to rebury it.
14	302	"Barting Over"	The tune of "As Time Goes By" plays, and Homer acts like the character Rick. He also proclaims, "Of all the sites on all the Web, I had to click onto his."
17	357	"The Bonfire of the Manatees"	Mr. Burns says: "I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
17	364	"The Italian Bob"	When meeting Sideshow Bob Bart says a variation on the line "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine."
19	417	"Apocalypse Cow"	Bart's farewell to Lou at the airport spoofs the final scene between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
21	451	"Once Upon a Time in Springfield"	Princess Penelope says "We'll always have Sideshow Mel's dressing room."
23	502	"How I Wet Your Mother"	Homer remembers in his subconcious many trivia, including that Ronald Reagan was once considered to play the part of Rick in "Casablanca". (This often repeated trivia isn't true, by the way.)
27	591	"The Burns Cage"	A Casablanca play was held at Springfield Elementary School. An audition took place and Lisa got the role of Ilsa Lund, while Jack Deforest portrayed Rick Blaine (disguised as Milhouse). Other minor roles included: Nelson as Captain Renault, Üter as Signor Ferrari, Nina Skalka as the guitar player (portrayed by Corinna Mura), and Ralph as Signor Ugarte.
29	625	"Haw-Haw Land"	Lisa paraphrases a line from the movie when talking to Brendan Beiderbecke.

Comics[edit]

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Simpsons Comics
	Simpsons Comics #27	They Fixed Homer's Brain!	After Lisa begs Homer to discontinue his brain-enhancing operation, he asks her what she'll do now that their intellectual friendship from before will never be restored. Lisa answers: "I'll always have plaster-of-Paris", in reference to Rick's line to Ilsa in Casablanca about their past romance: "We'll always have Paris.".

External links[edit]

Casablanca at Wikipedia

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